Lot
134

AN AMRITSAR CARPET

NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1890

AN AMRITSAR CARPET
North India, circa 1890
The medium blue field with an open angular lattice linking bold palmettes and feathery leaves overlaying delicate floral vine, in a shaded golden yellow palmette and angular vine border between lemon-yellow floral vine, burgundy reciprocal geometric motif and narrow geometric minor stripes, areas of wear with corrosion in the burgundy, a vertical line of wear and tear running a third of the way through the carpet which is in need of some attention
18ft. x 11ft.11in. (549cm. x 363cm.)